Wednesday, September 12, 2007

- Right-wing Edmonton City Councillor Mike Nickel launched his pun-filled Ward 5 re-election campaign this week. Nickel's campaign logo is a coffee stain (which accurately reflects his past three years on City Council).

- Tory MLA's Greg Melchin (Calgary-North West) and Denis Ducharme (Bonnyville-Cold Lake) announced their retirements this week. Both Melchin and Ducharme were elected in 1997 after defeating Decore-era Liberal MLA's Frank Bruseker and Leo Vasseur (Bruseker is the current President of the Alberta Teachers' Association).

Mike Nickel's idea of dealing with growth problems is to downsize the ability of government to deal with them. The taxpayers want their money to be effectively used, not have services scrapped. Nickel needs to get over his old-school outdated taxcuts-taxcuts-taxcuts simplistic Edmonton Sunesq attitudes and actually do something productive on council. Ward 5 needs an effecive advocate who isnt' afraid to address the REAL ISSUES, not an Edmonton version of Ted Morton.

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Who is Dave Cournoyer? I am a writer, blogger, communicator, occasional media pundit, political watcher, & proud life-long Albertan. I studied Political Science at the University of Alberta and have served as Vice-President (External) of the U of A Students' Union, Chair of the Council of Alberta University Students, and communications coordinator for Alberta's official opposition party.